Today, April 22nd, is Earth Day. Earth Day is an international day set aside to remind us of the importance to protect our environment. Goodness knows we need to do what we can to protect this creation that GOD has given us, and that we have compromised. There will be demonstrations worldwide today to evoke in us all an awareness of our effects on our environment, which is good, but I want to talk about another kind of "earth day"
When GOD created the earth, it was perfect. There was no contamination, no pollution, no disease, no death, nothing bad. We, of course, found a way to mess that all up. Since Adam's and Eve's huge sin in the Garden of Eden, people have been trying to find "Heaven on earth"; that euphoric, ideal, utopia. Yet, it seems to be fleeting and desperately difficult to find.
Today's word is a quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer, which says, "Heaven on earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find."
Everyone seems to be looking for a specific place, a specific set of events, a specific "something" that will make this "Heaven on earth". Well, no matter where you go, you will eventually find that it has its flaws. No matter what you are waiting to happen, when it does, there will be some other event you will be waiting to happen. No matter who you meet, you'll eventually see that while they are wonderful, they, too, have their shortcomings.
Yet...if we see GOD'S blessings in all that we already have, we may just find that we truly are experiencing a little glimpse of Heaven. Heaven is everything good and perfect. There are countless things that happen in my everyday existence that are good and perfect: a smile, a child's laughter, time with Trish and my family, etc.
Let's stop looking for "Heaven on earth" and start experiencing it. Happy Heaven on "Earth Day"!
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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